Springfield MO

OZARK, Mo. — The Ozark Police Department (OPD) is asking for the public’s help in locating 24-year-old Arabella Miller, who was reported missing Thursday afternoon. Miller is described as 5-foot-6, with short brown hair and blue eyes. She was last seen near the intersection of South St. and 17th St. in Ozark at...

SPRINGFIELD — Heavy rain may have played a part in making for a busy Friday for first responders. Springfield’s emergency dispatch tells Ozarks First between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. there were between 30-35 crashes in the Springfield metro area. Several of them took place along Highway 65, James River Freeway, and West...

The Missouri State Health Department is reporting an increase in West Nile Virus cases and deaths, with the highest number of cases reported since 2022, and the best prevention is mosquito bite prevention.

AURORA, MO – Taylor Santiago, 31, of Aurora, Missouri, a mother serving a life sentence for killing one of the fathers of her children, now faces extradition to Arkansas after allegedly fatally shooting her estranged lover’s girlfriend and attempting to kill the father in a multi-state shooting spree.

BOLIVAR, Mo. (KY3) - A Springfield woman faces charges for a fatal wreck in August. Prosecutors say Ashley Colbert was drunk when she crashed her car near Bolivar. Witnesses say her car went through a ditch and hit a tree. A passenger died. Police arrested her in September. A judge...

Health department employees from myriad counties in Southwest Missouri lined up in their vehicles at the newly constructed Lawrence County Health Department to take part in a mock measles vaccine drive on Wednesday, Oct. 1. Though no real vaccines were distributed, the event still served a purpose, according to...

ASH GROVE, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is holding a program this month on the basics of hunting. According to an MDC news release, the department is holding an event titled “Learning to Hunt: Deer Hunting Basics” on Saturday, Oct. 18, from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Andy Dalton Shooting […]

MOUNT VERNON, Mo. (KY3) - One of southwest Missouri’s most iconic festivals is back for the 59th year, Apple Butter Makin’ Days. What has grown into a huge, award-winning festival started with humble beginnings that are still the centerpiece all these years later, local groups making apple butter on the lawn of the...

FAIR GROVE, Mo. (KY3) - Career Day is a time-honored tradition at schools across the country. But like most traditions, there have been changes over the years. Fair Grove Elementary hosted some of the usual professionals, like veterinarians and business owners. However, new technology and career paths were also on...

The Greater Parkcrest Neighborhood Association used a monetary prize from the "Neat Neighborhoods" contest to plant new trees around the gazebo at Horace Mann School Park, after spring and summer windstorms damaged or downed thousands of trees across Springfield.